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CSS CSS Layout Basics Getting Started with CSS Layout Creating a Sticky Footer

Posted by grol lol
grol lol
1,177 Points

the placement

why we must to put it in the media quaeries tag ? can we put it outside it ?

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,248 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,248 Points

Media queries are for accommodating different display devices.

I'm not sure what "it" you are referring to, but normally you place something in a media query when the styling needs to be handled differently on certain displays. For example, sometimes a multi-column display needs to be re-arranged into a single column for a phone.